Played Coral Creek today with a local club I joined called the Wahiawa Businessmen’s Golf Association it’s a group of guys aged 60 and over all thought they would invite anyone willing to play and we ... Continue »

Played Coral Creek today with a local club I joined called the Wahiawa Businessmen’s Golf Association it’s a group of guys aged 60 and over all thought they would invite anyone willing to play and we play every Thursday at different courses on the Ewa side of the island. This is only my second time playing with them mostly because I was busy surfing or playing tennis but now that I joined a group who has standing tee times I look forward to playing regularly. On to the course, they have a nice shaded covered driving range and I think it was 100 balls for 10.00 so that was great, practice putting green was good and check in was simple. For some reason today we teed of 10 so I’ll start from there. First off, no gps or modern conveniences on the carts so there’s that. If 10 tee box was representative of how the course was then I was in for a rude awakening. From the tee it’s a maybe 30 yards wide narrow fairway OB left and right so I decided to hit 3 wood and still missed fairway but kept ball in play. Most of the course has rolling fairways that are very nice condition saw most divots filled in and some tee boxes were not level but for the most part tee boxes were ok. Bunkers were nice but sand was a little too soft but still manageable to play from. Greens were great and speed was on the medium side maybe 10 or so. There are a few maybe 4 or 5 forced carries 100 yards or so from the white tees but there were a few short par 4 under 350 yards so that was a good thing but there was usually a hazard sand or a grass bunker that was between the tee and green. The only water I noticed was on a few holes but it didn’t come into play. Our Pace of play was about 4 hours 10 minutes so not too bad afterwards we all got (12 in the group today) together had a few beers and the lucky ones collected their winnings. As a newcomer they paid for the food and beverages which was very nice. The course is very nice but can be difficult because it puts a premium on driving accuracy and there are many elevated greens plus 20 mph winds can add up to a challenging time. I will definitely like to play this course again to figure it out and if you are in the area it’s a good challenge. It is about 40 minutes west of Waikiki if you’re in the area check it out… definitely recommended